Try: SELECT SUM(goals) AS leaders FROM stats GROUP BY [player_field] ORDER BY leaders DESC
--jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Behrens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MYSQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:55 PM Subject: select by total goals > hey guys, > > I'm working on a script to display the season leading scorers for my > lacrosse site and I don't know how to do the query. > > I am trying to display the leaders scorers by total goals throughout the > season, however I don't know how to select the sum of goals by each > individual player then sort by amount of goals. > > how do i do this? > > I thought: select SUM(goals) AS leaders from stats ORDER BY number DESC; > > but that just takes the total amount of goals from the table, how do I add > up individual goals (for each player) then sort by amount? > > Thanks! > -------------------------------------------- > -Alex "Big Al" Behrens > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Urgent E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please be brief!) > Phone: 651-482-8779 > Cell: 651-329-4187 > Fax: 651-482-1391 > ICQ: 3969599 > Owner of the 3D-Unlimited Network: > http://www.3d-unlimited.com > Send News: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
